A shame the Morris Traveller is depicted as a backward-looking little Englander icon (Cartoon, 5 June). Could we enjoy a more positive image recalling its development during the war years as a modest people’s car, with socialist values attached? The Minor enjoyed popularity as district nurse, police and disabled transport before being co-opted by the green left cohort in later years. Yours, a remain-voting, liberal-left, forward-looking Minor owner.Ian AllenEly, Cambridgeshire

• Thank you, Kevin Rushby, for your thought-provoking article on the destruction of our wildlife (G2, 31 May). For 36 years I have lived surrounded by land. I no longer hear the frogs croaking in my pond, put up net curtains in the summer to stop insects coming in, or see my bees returning to their hive – they have all gone.Mary AdlingtonChesham, Buckinghamshire

• I travelled by car between Cambridge and Sheffield last evening. My windscreen and bumper are covered in layers of insects. Good news?David PalmerHildersham, Cambridge

• A delightful piece by Patrick Barkham interviewing the Gypsy writer Damian Le Bas (G2, 6 June). His honesty and pride in his culture is palpable, as is the foresight of his mother and nan, who just wanted the best for him. I shall enjoy reading his book, The Stopping Places, and watching the inevitable TV series.Catherine RoomeStaplehurst, Kent

• Re the difference between a cross and a crucifix (Letters, 1 June): I was once queueing for a watch battery in a jeweller’s in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, behind a man who wanted a crucifix. “We do them in two styles,” the assistant said. “There’s the plain one, or the one with the wee man on.”Richard JeffcoatTipton, West Midlands